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On Jul 28, 2015 8:46 AM, "Ankur Sinha" <<a href="mailto:sanjay.ankur@gmail.com">sanjay.ankur@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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> On Thu, 2015-07-16 at 10:55 +0200, Gabriele Trombini wrote:<br>
> > Hi guys,<br>
><br>
> Hiya!<br>
><br>
> Sorry I haven't replied yet - I was away at an academic conference. :)<br>
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> ><br>
> > as you know the talk proposal was accepted(<br>
> > <a href="https://flock2015.sched.org/">https://flock2015.sched.org/</a><br>
> > event/5c50e2d10a4b1bd7319f6ece318bdcb4#.VadurK0eLeQ).<br>
><br>
> Awesome!<br>
><br>
> ><br>
> > There are some points I should develop:<br>
> ><br>
> > General part:<br>
> ><br>
> > 1) the new structure of fedora-join;<br>
> > 2) the target of fed-join;<br>
> > 3) the new workflow of fed-join;<br>
> > 4) what we need to reach the goal;<br>
><br>
> Sounds good. The goal of the SIG should be focussed - people need to<br>
> understand why the SIG is around in the first place and how it'll<br>
> contribute to Fedora. Something on the lines of:<br>
><br>
> "We take it for granted that newbies will come up and ask us questions<br>
> and learn by themselves but this isn't really how it works. Newbies are<br>
> generally shy and scared and only after they spend enough time in the<br>
> community do they learn how to go about it all. We want seasoned<br>
> contributors to speak to them right when they enter the project to<br>
> teach them the Open source way and the Fedora way - at the earliest<br>
> opportunity! :D<br>
><br>
> You may even get questions about how this is different from the older<br>
> "mentors program" and so on.<br>
><br>
> ><br>
> > Specific part:<br>
> ><br>
> > 1) why "Mary" is "marooned" (wiki for "dummies", how don't get lost<br>
> > inside);<br>
> > 2) what we can do for Mary;<br>
> > 3) let's "rescue" Mary together.<br>
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> I really like this idea. It'll really help in getting across how<br>
> newbies find it difficult to join up when they are completely new to<br>
> the project.<br>
><br>
> > Proposals:<br>
> ><br>
> > 1) a badge assigned for each rescued user;<br>
><br>
> Hrm, this means "Mary" gets a badge? Doesn't this already happen since<br>
> all new FAS account users get badges. How about badges for people that<br>
> rescue Mary instead? That'll encourage more contributors to help out?<br>
> So:<br>
><br>
> - badges for people that help newbies<br>
> - improve join.fp.o which just redirects to<br>
> <a href="https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Join">https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Join</a> at the moment (it may have all the<br>
> info we think newbies need, but it doesn't really help them too much<br>
> since they have zero knowledge of the community's functioning<br>
> beforehand).<br>
> - get <a href="http://whatcanidoforfedora.org/">http://whatcanidoforfedora.org/</a> more visibility - and provide<br>
> options there to speak to the Fedora Join SIG?<br>
> - and so on..?<br>
><br>
><br>
> > Those are some of the points I guessed, of course others can get up<br>
> > while writing the talk, but if you have any suggestion, feel free to<br>
> > reply.<br>
> ><br>
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> Thanks for working on this. It'll be nice to get some feedback from any<br>
> newbies here if they're still around ;)<br>
> --<br>
> Thanks,<br>
> Regards,<br>
> Ankur Sinha "FranciscoD"<br>
><br></p>
<p dir="ltr">Thinking about badges, and how to award them, gave me an idea. What if, instead of being simply a badge, there were a "Community Mentor Award" (name TBD) for three or so folks each release cycle, with nominations and selection from the community at large via the elections app? </p>
<p dir="ltr">--Pete</p>